Tier 4 students are not allowed to move directly from Tier 4 into Tier 1 Entrepreneur unless they have secured £50,000 from a specified source. Instead Tier 4 students will be expected to use the Tier 1 Graduate Entrepreneur route.

Initial applications under Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) are subject to a 'genuine entrepreneur' test which will enable the UKVI to refuse applications where they are not convinced on the balance of probabilities that an applicant genuinely intends to and is able to establish, take over or become a director of one or more businesses in the UK within the initial 6 months following entry. For further details of this and other changes please visit the UKVI website.

Page last checked and updated on 24 November 2014 AJW

Tier 1 Graduate Entrepreneur

For graduates with a genuine and credible innovative idea or entrepreneurial skill, but who are not yet able to apply for a Tier 1 Entrepreneur visa